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A/N Sorry for delay in between chapters, am super busy with work at the moment and no time for anything, so updates will be sporadic for the next few weeks
Carrying on from previous chapter - dinner at the palace
Amy as a guest rather than family was expecting to be placed at the end of the large table away from Faisal but Faisal took her arm and guided her to a seat right next to him, he had Maya on his other side and Amy had Nadia on her other side, Faisal left the ladies to talk while he went back out of the room
"Are you ladies really ok with me spending so much time with Faisal? I am sitting next to him tonight after all" asked Amy
"Don't worry about it, we have a schedule anyway" replied Maya
"A schedule? Queried Amy
"We share Faisal on alternate days and weekends" replied Nadia sitting next to her
"Oh I see, that's something I will have to get used to then, I wouldn't want to get in the way of any of that" replied Amy
"Its ok, Faisal has worked out a timetable for him to spend time with you as well as us, we share him with two other people so one more for three months will be fine" said Ghaydia joining in the conversation from the other side of the table
Any was about to say something else when Faisal came back in followed by the King and Queen of Saudi, everybody stood to bow and curtsey to them, Amy followed suit and the King and Queen passed Amy and stopped to speak to her
"Amy it is good to see you again" said King Salman taking her hand and shaking it
"You as well" said Amy standing up to curtsey again
"You must come to our palace so we can have a catch up at some point" replied Salman
"Please do come" added Queen Zina
"I will definitely find time, I am starting work on Monday but I can ask Faisal for use of one of his cars to drive over to your palace" replied Amy
"That's perfectly fine Amy, enjoy the meal" said Salman as he and Zina went to the head of the table and sat down
Salman spoke in Arabic for a few moments and Nadia translated for Amy and then the starter of beef and vegetable soup was brought out, followed by a main meal of rice with lamb and potato and dessert of miniature donuts and cream, the conversation flowed as the meal went on and afterwards, Amy watched while the family danced and then Amy herself was invited to dance by the King, Faisal and Jamal who was Faisals youngest brother, Amy with permission took plenty of pictures and uploaded them to Facebook and Twitter and then played with the children before they went to bed and once the King and Queen had left, she made her way to her own apartment exhausted but happy after an entertaining evening, she had made plans to swim with Maya and Nadia in the afternoon the next day as well
The weekend passed quickly, her pictures were commented on by her friends back home, she had no word from Sheldon and called him only to get no answer, even Leonard and Penny hadn't heard from him and they even went as far as calling Mary who only knew that he would be there in three weeks, he had gone off the grid again, Amy decided to leave him to whatever he wanted to do and not bother him, she was getting ready to go to bed on Sunday when there was a knock at the door, she went to answer it and found Faisal there
"Amy you can have use of the Ferrari tomorrow, I will be coming with you to the University so I can introduce you again and provide you with a translator"
"Thank you, what time are we going?
"We shall leave at 8am, I don't expect you to work all day long, but I know you probably will" replied Faisal
"I will see how it goes, thank you for inviting me Faisal, this is a good chance to forget about things back home"
"No news from Sheldon?
"No and he said he would call but he hasn't, I will just leave him completely alone until I return, I don't want to bother him" replied Amy shrugging her shoulders in defeat
"He's a big man, I wouldn't worry about him Amy, you can use the time here to think about what future you may or may not have with him and make a decision when you return home"
"You are correct of course" replied Amy smiling at him
"Go on, you go to bed and I will see you in the morning, we will also see about getting you some Arabic lessons as well if you like?
"I would like, goodnight Faisal"
Faisal gave Amy a double cheek kiss and said goodbye, leaving Amy to make herself some cold water and she went off to have a shower before bed
Sheldon was fed up with everybody thinking that they knew how he felt about Amy, he didn't even know himself, he only knew that he didn't want to break up with her, but he felt that she was part of his issues, he had left New York after calling Eric who was in Florida and they agreed to meet up, he wanted to forget about everything for now, or at least until he went to Texas and his mothers interrogation, he didn't even think about how his lack of calls would affect other people and thanks to Eric he was enjoying himself on the trains and Eric had encouraged him to even venture into Canada for a week
Amy came out of the shower and was getting into her nightie when her laptop pinged with an email, checking she found a short email from Beverley asking her to contact her whenever she was available, deciding there was no time like the present, she made herself a drink and took the laptop to bed with her and Skyped Beverley, she was not looking forward to the conversation and hoped it would be short, after a short wait, Beverley answered
"Hello Dr Fowler, I wasn't expecting you to call straight away" said Beverley on answering
"Well, I don't know how busy I will be for the next few weeks and it's only polite to return a call" replied Amy
"Amy I may not have been much help with Sheldon as he refused to discuss his feelings with me but I do believe he is in denial"
"I already know that, he abruptly ended our call last week and I haven't heard from him since and I tried to call and got no answer, what exactly did you get out of him anyway?
"He's very much about himself at the moment, he didn't even know what you would be doing in Saudi Arabia, nice move by the way, that seemed to get him worried"
"Well if he's going off travelling not caring about others, then I may as well do the same thing, hopefully by the time I return he will have had time to process all the things that he is unhappy about" replied Amy
"Do you really think so? Queried Beverley
"I would like to think so, why do you say that?
"He's a desperate man and he's going to keep running until he runs out of places to go and time, don't expect any drastic changes when you return Amy, I can see that just from the few days I spent with him and I know my son hasn't helped with his awkward living arrangement suggestion"
"Well I told Leonard and Penny to make their mind up soon and let Sheldon know when he returns where they are going to live" replied Amy taking a big yawn
"I can see you are sleepy, Dr Fowler we shall continue this another time and if by some chance I hear from Sheldon I will of course let you know"
"Ok thanks Beverley, goodnight" replied Amy giving her a brief smile and ending the call and dropping off to sleep trying hard to not think about Sheldon which wasn't easy
Next chapter could hopefully be up by the weekend